Medial Sural Artery Islanded Pedicled Perforator Flap for Resurfacing Areas in the Popliteal Fossa Following Postburn Contracture Release Using Normal versus Scar Tissue

Sanjay Kumar Giri; Santanu Suba; Ahana Bandyopadhyay; R. K. Sahu; Aparna Kanungo; Reena Minz

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1788922

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery ()

Medial Sural Artery Islanded Pedicled Perforator Flap for Resurfacing Areas in the Popliteal Fossa Following Postburn Contracture Release Using Normal versus Scar Tissue

Sanjay Kumar Giri,
Santanu Suba,
Ahana Bandyopadhyay,
R. K. Sahu,
Aparna Kanungo,
Reena Minz

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Sanjay Kumar Giri: ORCiD; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Santanu Suba: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Ahana Bandyopadhyay: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
R. K. Sahu: ORCiD; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Aparna Kanungo: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Reena Minz: Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788922

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Background The medial sural artery perforator (MSAP) flap is reliable in resurfacing defects of the popliteal fossa. There is possibility of resurfacing the popliteal fossa defects after postburn contracture release with scarred MSAP flaps with good overall long-term outcomes.

Published in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 0970-0358 (Print); 1998-376X (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00042863

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